Yes the stdlib offers all the basic functions, but why work so hard? Get CherryPy (http://www.cherrypy.org) and relax a bit. You'll be able to concentrate on Python for the backend, HTML for the frontend, without a lot of directory-diddling.
Also, check out http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-cherrypy/index.html#main for a nice, fresh slice. Ron -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
